Wind weight

ABSTRACT

A set of hold downs for securing lightweight tubular aluminum furniture out-of-doors, such as on a patio, so to prevent gusts of high wind from knocking it over or blowing it away, the hold down consisting of a pair of wind weight placeable across a front and rear bar of a chair, lounge or the like, each wind weight comprising a hollow container that can be filled either with water, sand, cement or etc., and which can be in any decorative design for a pleasing appearance.

United States Patent [1 1 Binkley [451 July24,1973

[ WIND WEIGHT [76] Inventor: Jonathan A. Binkley, 1786 Bucklew Dr.,Toledo, Ohio 43613 [22] Filed: Dec. 13, 1971 [21] App]. No.: 207,103

[52] US. Cl 248/361 R [51] Int. Cl. A47c 7/00 [58] Field 0! Search248/361 R, 158, 188.1,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,717,718 6/1929 Marshall40/125 H 2,373,439 4/1945 Wheatley 248/361 3,288,413 11/1966 Gregory248/346 Katzel Goodman Primary Examiner-Edward C. Allen [57] ABSTRACT Aset of hold downs for securing lightweight tubular aluminum furnitureout-of-doors, such as on a patio, so to prevent gusts of high wind fromknocking it over or blowing it away, the hold down consisting of a pairof wind weight placeable across a front and rear bar of a chair, loungeor the like, each wind weight comprising a hollow container that can befilled either with water, sand, cement or etc., and which can be in anydecorative design for a pleasing appearance.

1 Claim, 7 Drawing Figures WIND WEIGHT This invention relates generallyto hold downs.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a set of windweights so to secure lightweight, tubular aluminum furnitureout-of-doors, and prevent it from being knocked over is a high wind andblown away.

Another object is to provide a wind weight which can be made in variousattractive designs of flowers, insects, emblems or the like.

Yet another object is to provide a wind weight consisting of a hollowcontainer that can be filled with any handy weight material such assand, pebbles, dirt or water.

Yet another object is to provide a wind weight which does not in any waydetract to the appearance of outof-doors furniture, and which can 'addto the decor thereof by being made in varioud colors so to harmonizewith the colors of the seating or pillow material.

Other objects are to provide a wind weight which is simple in design,inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to use, andefficient in operation.

' These and other objects will be readily apparent upon a study of thefollowing specification and the accompanying drawing, wherein: I

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention in use on an out-of-doorlight weight chair or othr furniture.

FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view on line 2-2 of FIG. 1, shownenlarged. I

FIG. 3 is a bottom viewthereof.

FIGS. 4 to 6 are side views of modified designs of the invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the invention formed of cast solidconcrete.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, and more particularly to FIGS.l'to 3 at this time, the reference numeral 10 represents a wind weightaccoridng to the present invention wherein there is a hollow container11 consisting of a flat, circular bottom disc 12 and an upwardly convexupper member 13. The disc 12 on its underside has a grooved tread 14 soto prevent slippage. An inverted V-groove l extnds dramatically acrossthe bottom, and a snap lock cap 16 is provided to close a fill opening17. The container 11 is made preferably of nylon/plastic material thatis onesixteenth of an inch thick. The diameter of the comtiner is 6inches, and is three inches high. The convex outer side of the member 13may be decorated with designs of flowers, birds, insects or emblems. Theinverted V-shaped groove is 2 inches wide so to adequately straddle a 1inch diameter chair bar. The rounded peripheral edge 18 will preventscuffing other objects, and improves appearance.

In operative use, one of the wind weights 10 is placed upon each of thefront and rear transverse bracing bars 19 of a patio aluminum chair 20or other lightweight furniture, thus holding down the furniture in astrong wind. In placing the wind weight, the bars are fitted through theinverted V-shaped grooves. As shown in FIG. one, the wind weights arebest staggered along opposite ends of the bars 19 for better hold in ashifting wind.

Referring now to FIG. 4, a modified design of wind weight 21 has asnap-in type lock crotch 22 instead of the inverted V-shaped groove. Thecrotch 22 assures the weight remaining engaged to the chair even whenknocked over, thus still weighing it down so to prevent being blownaway. Also this design permits a chair to be lifted by a person and berelocated without giving any special attention to placement of theweights thereupon. In FIG. 5, another modified wind weight 23 has apinched-on tapered crotch 24 having the effect of biting onto standardaluminum lawn chair bottom leg rings. In FIG. 6 another wind weight 25shows a further modified tapered crotch 26.

In a further modified form of the invention shown in FIG. 7, the windweight 27 may be made of cast solid concrete instead of the abovedescribed hollow con tainer; the concrete wind weight including all thefeatures of decorativeness on top, the tread on the bottom, and beingmade with any of the above described crotches or groove.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it isunderstood that such changes will be within the spirit and scope of thepresent invention as is defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a wind weight, the combination of a device for placement across alower bar of lightweight out-of-door chairs or other furniture andholding it down in a high wind, said wind weight comprising a generallyhemispherical member having a circular bottom wall, and an upwardlyconvex upper side, said bottom wall having a transverse groove or crotchfor being fitted over said lower bar of said chair or furniture, saidgroove being generally diametrical by extending across the entire spaceof said bottom wall, said bottom wall being provided with a groovedtread to prevent slipping, said crotch being of various tapered orsnap-on shape, said member comprising'a hollow container with a cappedopening for being filled with any handy material such as sand, dirt orwater.

1. In a wind weight, the combination of a device for placement across alower bar of lightweight out-of-door chairs or other furniture andholding it down in a high wind, said wind weight comprising a generallyhemispherical member having a circular bottom wall, and an upwardlyconvex upper side, said bottom wall having a transverse groove or crotchfor being fitted over said lower bar of said chair or furniture, saidgroove being generally diametrical by extending across the entire spaceof said bottom wall, said bottom wall being provided with a groovedtread to prevent slipping, said crotch being of various tapered orsnap-on shape, said member comprising a hollow container with a cappedopening for being filled with any handy material such as sand, dirt orwater.